2021-22 College Football Bowl Schedule
Published 4:30 pm Tuesday, December 7, 2021
- Mississippi State head coach Mike Leach, left, and Ole Miss' Lane Kiffin shake hands after the Egg Bowl on Thanksgiving night. Leach's Bulldogs will play Texas Tech in the Liberty Bowl in Memphis on Dec. 28, while Kiffin's Rebels face Baylor in the Sugar Bowl in New Orleans on Jan. 1. (Walter Frazier/For The Vicksburg Post)
Dates, locations, matchups, starting times and TV assignments for all 44 NCAA college football bowl games:
Dec. 17
• Bahamas Bowl (Nassau, Bahamas) — Middle Tennessee (6-6) vs. Toledo (7-5), 11 a.m. (ESPN)
• Cure Bowl (Orlando) — Northern Illinois (9-4) vs. Coastal Carolina (10-2), 5 p.m. (ESPN2)
Dec. 18
• Boca Raton Bowl — Western Kentucky (8-5) vs. Appalachian State (10-3), 10 a.m. (ESPN)
• Celebration Bowl (Atlanta) — South Carolina State (6-5) vs. Jackson State (11-1), 11 a.m. (ABC)
• New Mexico Bowl (Albuquerque) — UTEP (7-5) vs. Fresno State (9-3), 1:15 p.m. (ESPN)
• Independence Bowl (Shreveport) — UAB (8-4) vs. BYU (10-2), 2:30 p.m. (ABC)
• Lending Tree Bowl (Mobile) — Eastern Michigan (7-5) vs. Liberty (7-5), 4:45 p.m. (ESPN)
• Jimmy Kimmel LA Bowl (Los Angeles) — Utah State (10-3) vs. Oregon State (7-5), 6:30 p.m. (ABC)
• New Orleans Bowl — Louisiana-Lafayette (12-1) vs. Marshall (7-5), 8:15 p.m. (ESPN)
Dec. 20
• Myrtle Beach Bowl — Old Dominion (6-6) vs. Tulsa (6-6), 1:30 p.m. (ESPN)
Dec. 21
• Idaho Potato Bowl (Boise) — Kent State (7-6) vs. Wyoming (6-6), 2:30 p.m. (ESPN)
• Frisco Bowl (Frisco, Texas) — UTSA (12-1) vs. San Diego State (11-2), 6:30 p.m. (ESPN)
Dec. 22
• Armed Forces Bowl — Missouri (6-6) vs. Army (8-3), 7 p.m. (ESPN)
Dec. 23
• Frisco Football Classic (Frisco, Texas) — North Texas (6-6) vs. Miami (Ohio) (6-6), 2:30 p.m. (ESPN)
• Gasparilla Bowl (Tampa) — Central Florida (8-4) vs. Florida (6-6), 6 p.m. (ESPN)
Dec. 23
• Hawaii Bowl (Honolulu) — Memphis (6-6) vs. Hawaii (6-7), 7 p.m. (ESPN)
Dec. 25
• Camellia Bowl (Montgomery, Ala.) — Georgia State (7-5) vs. Ball State (6-6), 1:30 p.m. (ESPN)
Dec. 27
• Quick Lane Bowl (Detroit) — Western Michigan (7-5) vs. Nevada (8-4), 10 a.m. (ESPN)
• Military Bowl (Annapolis, Md.) — Boston College (6-6) vs. East Carolina (7-5), 1:30 p.m. (ESPN)
Dec. 28
• Birmingham Bowl — Houston (11-2) vs. Auburn (6-6), 11 a.m. (ESPN)
• First Responder Bowl (Dallas) — Air Force (9-3) vs. Louisville (6-6), 2:15 p.m. (ESPN)
• Liberty Bowl (Memphis) — Mississippi State (7-5) vs. Texas Tech (6-6), 5:45 p.m. (ESPN)
• Holiday Bowl (San Diego) — UCLA (8-4) vs. North Carolina State (9-3), 7 p.m. (Fox)
• Guaranteed Rate Bowl (Phoenix) — West Virginia (6-6) vs. Minnesota (8-4), 9:15 p.m. (ESPN)
Dec. 29
• Fenway Bowl (Boston) — SMU (8-4) vs. Virginia (6-6), 10 a.m. (ESPN)
• Pinstripe Bowl (New York) — Maryland (6-6) vs. Virginia Tech (6-6), 1:15 p.m. (ESPN)
• Cheez-It Bowl (Orlando) — Clemson (9-3) vs. Iowa State (7-5), 4:45 p.m. (ESPN)
• Alamo Bowl (San Antonio) — Oregon (10-3) vs. Oklahoma (10-2), 8:15 p.m. (ESPN)
Dec. 30
• Duke’s Mayo Bowl (Charlotte) — North Carolina (6-6) vs. South Carolina (6-6), 10:30 a.m. (ESPN)
• Music City Bowl (Nashville) — Tennessee (7-5) vs. Purdue (8-4), 2 p.m. (ESPN)
• Peach Bowl (Atlanta) — Pittsburgh (11-2) vs. Michigan State (10-2), 6 p.m. (ESPN)
• Las Vegas Bowl — Wisconsin (8-4) vs. Arizona State (8-4), 9:30 p.m. (ESPN)
Dec. 31
• Gator Bowl (Jacksonville) — Wake Forest (10-3) vs. Texas A&M (8-4), 10 a.m. (ESPN)
• Sun Bowl (El Paso) — Washington State (7-5) vs. Miami (7-5), 11 a.m. (CBS)
• Arizona Bowl (Tucson) — Central Michigan (8-4) vs. Boise State (7-5), 1 p.m. (Barstool)
• p-Cotton Bowl (Arlington, Texas) — Cincinnati (13-0) vs. Alabama (12-1), 2:30 p.m. (ESPN)
• p-Orange Bowl (Miami) — Georgia (12-1) vs. Michigan (12-1), 6:30 p.m. (ESPN)
p-College Football Playoff semifinal game
Jan. 1
• Outback Bowl (Tampa) — Penn State (7-5) vs. Arkansas (8-4), 11 a.m. (ESPN2)
• Fiesta Bowl (Glendale, Ariz.) — Oklahoma State (11-2) vs. Notre Dame (11-1), Noon (ESPN)
• Citrus Bowl (Orlando) — Iowa (10-3) vs. Kentucky (9-3), Noon (ABC)
• Rose Bowl (Pasadena, Calif.) — Utah (10-3) vs. Ohio State (10-2), 4 p.m. (ESPN)
• Sugar Bowl (New Orleans) — Baylor (11-2) vs. Ole Miss (10-2), 7:45 p.m. (ESPN)
Jan. 4
• Texas Bowl (Houston) — LSU (6-6) vs. Kansas State (7-5), 8 p.m. (ESPN)
Jan. 10
• National Championship (Indianapolis) — Cotton Bowl winner vs. Orange Bowl winner, 7 p.m. (ESPN)